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LOT 0856
Byzantine Terracotta Oil Lamp
7TH CENTURY A.D.
3 1/2 in. (65 grams, 90 mm).
Carinated with a domed upper face, circular filling hole and spout, remains of handle, raised linear motifs. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired 1970s onwards.
Private collection of Michael O'Hara, Cambridgeshire, UK.
Ex private collection of Benjamin Hyde-Smith, Hertfordshire, UK.
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Byzantine Large Gold and Blue Glass Pendant
6th-7th century A.D.Estimate: £400 - 600 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £200
Composed of a box-type semi-circular body with scalloped frame, central circular cell with blue glass bead inlay, filigree wire border and pellet to each arm, granule clusters to the body, three dangles supporting glass beads. 4.66 grams, 29 mm
From a late Japanese specialist collector, 1970-2000s. -
Byzantine and Other Bronze Weight Collection
8th-12th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
Comprising weights of various sizes and shapes, and bearing a variety of markings: ring-and-dot motifs, a cross; dimples. 270 grams total, 13-28 mm
Ex Simmons Gallery, London E11, UK, in the 1990s. From a North London collection. -
Byzantine and Post-Byzantine Bronze Cross Group
7th-19th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
Comprising: a cross buckle with pin; the upper plate of a small enkolpion with a praying Virgin or Saint; two orthodox pectoral crosses, both with inscription 'IC' (Iesus) 'XC' (Christos ) 'NIKA' (Christ is victorious); the smallest cross with invocation-prayer engraved on the back. 51.8 grams total, 36-73 mm
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a Ruislip, UK, gentleman, by inheritance.
The fragment of the simpler Maltese cross mount corresponds to the type E2 of Schulze-Dörrlamm, here with straight arms with rounded corners. It resembles the cross-shaped hinge fittings of the belt buckles from Herrera de Pisuerga and tomb 9 from El Tesorillo from Visigoth Spain, two bronze fittings from Lusitania and the buckle with busts of saints and the Greek inscription 'Light and Life' from Korbous in Tunisia. These kind of buckles were also found in male warrior graves.
